CHAPTER 79 — THE WAR THAT BURNS

Lucien Pov

The world around me is fire and ash.

My blade clashes with Nathan’s again, steel screaming as sparks fly. Every blow reverberates up my arm, rattling bone, tearing muscle. He is faster than before. Stronger. His power is wrong — soaked in blood and shadows — pulsing with something that shouldn’t exist in a werewolf’s body.

Dark magic.

Witchcraft.

Corruption.

He fights like a man who has given his soul willingly.

And he laughs.

It ...